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“THE RISKS TO THE ECONOMY OF REPEATING PAST MISTAKES ARE NOW CLEAR AND WELL KNOWN.”– warned against hard curfews and shutdowns amid a looming third wave of Covid-19 infections in the country. In a weekly newsletter, she lamented how certain segments of the economy (especially the tourism, hospitality, alcohol and tobacco industries) have suffered unbearable costs, running into billions of rand, because of stringent restrictions. She called for “sense to prevail as we consider policies to

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